Patents by Inventor MERLIJN ANTONIUS PETRUS JANSSEN

MERLIJN ANTONIUS PETRUS JANSSEN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Electro optical component for fitting into a product wall, product comprising a wall and fitting method
    Patent number: 11773889
    Abstract: A design is provided for a component and for an opening in a wall of a product which is to receive the component. The component has a barrel for passing through the opening with a set of lugs at the end of the barrel. Each lug has a clamping surface facing a head part of the component, and the region between the clamping surface and the head part forms a clamping zone. The opening is for example circular. A stepped thickness portion of the wall follows an arc from a locally thinnest portion to a locally thickest portion. The steps and/or the lugs are sloped upwardly towards the locally thickest end of the arc. To fit the component, it is inserted through the opening (for example with the lugs deforming inwardly) and then twisted. The twisting engages the lugs with the stepped thickness portion, providing a progressive ratcheted clamping function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Merlijn Antonius Petrus Janssen, Jacek Kloska, Michal Kochel
  • ELECTRO OPTICAL COMPONENT FOTR FITTING INTO A PRODUCT WALL, PRODUCT COMPRISING A WALL AND FITTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20200166067
    Abstract: A design is provided for a component and for an opening in a wall of a product which is to receive the component. The component has a barrel for passing through the opening with a set of lugs at the end of the barrel. Each lug has a clamping surface facing a head part of the component, and the region between the clamping surface and the head part forms a clamping zone. The opening is for example circular. A stepped thickness portion of the wall follows an arc from a locally thinnest portion to a locally thickest portion. The steps and/or the lugs are sloped upwardly towards the locally thickest end of the arc. To fit the component, it is inserted through the opening (for example with the lugs deforming inwardly) and then twisted. The twisting engages the lugs with the stepped thickness portion, providing a progressive ratcheted clamping function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: MERLIJN ANTONIUS PETRUS JANSSEN, JACEK KLOSKA, MICHAL KOCHEL